• InterRent REIT boosts Q1 income by 32%

  May 7, 2012 - 10 h 46

  InterRent Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX:IIP.UN) says its first-quarter net operating income increased almost 32 per cent to $5.7 million, up from $4.3 million in the same quarter last year.

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• Contracting begins on Highway 174, Road 17 upgrades

  May 4, 2012 - 15 h 10

  The City of Ottawa and the United Counties of Prescott and Russell are seeking professional engineering services to alleviate congestion in the Highway 174 and Prescott-Russell County Road 17 area.

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• Resale home prices up 3.7%

  May 3, 2012 - 14 h 53

  Higher condo prices helped fuel a modest increase in the average resale price of homes in Ottawa last month, according to data released by the Ottawa Real Estate Board.

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• Tomlinson acquires Greenbelt, Graydex construction firms

  May 2, 2012 - 15 h 25

  R.W. Tomlinson Ltd. describes itself as a "prominent player in the eastern Ontario quarrying, construction, trucking and environmental industries," according to its website.

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• Stantec consolidates in new Baseline development

  May 1, 2012 - 8 h 30

  One of the city's largest engineering firms will consolidate its three local offices into a new mixed-use office and retail building next summer.

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• City preps Lansdowne construction, remediation contracts

  April 30, 2012 - 10 h 39

  With a final legal judgment on the redevelopment of Lansdowne Park expected to be released Monday, the city is forging ahead with several contracts to relocate the Horticulture building and remediate contaminated soils.

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• Avaya readies new Ottawa digs

  April 27, 2012 - 15 h 30

  Next month, an Ottawa-based general contractor will start transforming a long-vacant Kanata warehouse into one of North America's most advanced telecom research labs.

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• Orleans developer unveils plans for hotel, office space

  April 26, 2012 - 16 h 33

  Six years after entering a public-private partnership with the City of Ottawa, Forum Equity Partners Inc. announced Thursday plans to begin construction of a new hotel and office building in Orleans.

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• Tega scales back controversial Hintonburg condo project

  April 24, 2012 - 16 h 29

  The developer behind a proposed 36-storey condominium tower, which drew public condemnation from the head of the city’s planning committee and the surrounding community, is rethinking its plans, according to a consultant involved in the project.

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• Amica ups stake in Westboro retirement home

  April 24, 2012 - 12 h 27

  Amica Mature Lifestyles has agreed to acquire an additional 73.5 per cent aggregate ownership interest in Amica at Westboro Park, a retirement community.

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Other news

• April 24, 2012 Construction permits up 84% in March
• April 20, 2012 Office vacancies expected to rise
• April 19, 2012 Carleton to expand maintenance building
• April 18, 2012 Feds to vacate Metcalfe’s MacDonald Building
• April 16, 2012 Securit building sells for $9.8M
• April 13, 2012 Sears spends $2M on Iris move
• April 11, 2012 Housing starts down 42% in March
• April 10, 2012 Claridge proposes Carlingwood retirement home
• April 10, 2012 Business park land to be turned into park-and-ride, commercial retail
• April 9, 2012 Ottawa’s growth tops Canadian hotel value survey
• April 4, 2012 Airport land development set to take off
• April 4, 2012 Ottawa resales up 13% in March
• April 4, 2012 Morguard expects to fully lease 150 Elgin by 2014
• April 2, 2012 Unitrin, Triform to build retail complex on brownfields land
• April 2, 2012 PCL poised to pick up Bayshore expansion contract